Thursday, August 24, 2006

As reported by the Beloit Daily News: "Beloit City Manager Larry Arft
updated the community on the casino application process at Monday night's
city council meeting. "The city has been working to update the language in
the intergovernmental agreement. The BIA found that some of the current
language may be in violation of existing federal law. The BIA is requiring
that the tribes and local jurisdictions make modifications to address those
sections before it will complete a review of the gaming application at the
regional level. "'We decided between the tribes and local jurisdictions to
submit a red lined draft to the BIA so they can review it and make sure they
are comfortable with it. We are waiting to hear the results of that
evaluation before we ask the city council to take final action on these
proposed modifications,' Arft said. ".The language of the agreement had to
be amended to deal with restrictions on business activity. The language
required the tribes comply with city and county codes and zoning
ordinances."